In today's Padres-related news, a 6-foot-tall squirrel smoked the competition at Petco Park over the weekend. That and other links from around the Web:

Who is the "rally squirrel" who made SportsCenter and a fan out of Bud Black? Turns out, it's Lake Elsinore Storm account executive Eric Theiss, a former All-America track standout at SUNY Oneonta with a personal best of 47.62 seconds in the 400-meter dash.

The Padres get a much-deserved A for their unexpected weekend sweep of the defending World Series champions.

The new Petco Park hasn't helped the Padres, Bill Shaikin writes. So far, five balls that would've been out last season have gone for home runs. Four of those were hit by the opposition. Not a great ratio, obviously, but with Chase Headley and Carlos Quentin both in the lineup now, things could start evening out.